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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1317 - Full Version Release Date: May 25, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:29:11 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1317 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: AMSAT At Hamvention 2. AMSAT: Lost and Found: Missing Satellite Rediscovered 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention Hosted at Dayton Hamvention Concludes 5. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Youth Rally A Success at Dayton Hamvention 6. ARRL: ARRL Headquarters Based Computer Systems Fall To Hackers 7. Right To Repair Law For Electronics To Debut In California 8. WWVB Operating At Reduced Power Due To Antenna Damage 9. Omnispace and Starlink Battle Over Frequency Coordination and Interference 10. Theresa Cruz Aniceto DW3TRZ SK 11. World Cup Cricket Tournament Is Seeking Amateur Radio Operators 12. Leo McHugh EI8BR, CW Mentor SK 13. Permit Is Granted For USA Radio Orienteering Event 14. Youth Operators To Be Featured In Rotuma DXpedition 15. Two Amateur Radio Projects Receive Software Awards 16. Radio Caroline, Britain's Pirate Radio Station Broadcasting From Sea, Turns 60 Years Strong 17. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention a Success 18. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention Forums Available On YouTube 19. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day is One Month Away! 20. ARRL: International Amateur Radio Union Elections Recap 21. Northeast HamXposition and ARRL New England Division Convention announced a major addition to its program 22. Two dozen amateur radio groups will be activating different parks in and around Puerto Rico on May 26, 2024. 23. Beginning June 1, 2024, amateur radio clubs will activate special event stations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. 24. ARRL Contest sheet and upcoming hamfests and conventions 25. FCC: FCC Votes To Reestablishes Net Neutrality Rules 26. AMSAT: 2024 AMSAT Board of Directors Election – Call for Nominations 27. WIA: Researchers Say Satellite May Imperil The Earth's Magnetosphere 28. FCC: FCC Launches New Spectrum Steering Team To Implement White House National Spectrum Policy 29. US National Weather Service Suggests Amateurs Prepare For Upcoming Hurricane Season Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will discuss The Nature Of Inspiration * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B in the DX Corner, with all the latest news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests, and more.. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes us all aboard The Wayback Machine to look at Part One of his series on the History of Amateur Radio Repeaters. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) Automated (1-hour): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1316 - Full Version Release Date: May 18, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:27:01 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1316 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. FCC: FCC Votes To Reestablishes Net Neutrality Rules 2. Engineers Embrace Repair Culture As New Law Takes Shape In California 3. AMSAT: 2024 AMSAT Board of Directors Election – Call for Nominations 4. AMSAT: Wanted: Your AO-7 Experiences and Memories 5. AMSAT: AMSAT Ambassador Program Re-Introduced at Hamvention 6. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 7. WIA: Researchers Say Satellite May Imperil The Earth's Magnetosphere 8. FCC: FCC Launches New Spectrum Steering Team To Implement White House National Spectrum Policy 9. Solar Storms – Not HAARP – Created Recent Intense Auroral Display 10. Solar Storms Cause Widespread Aurura and Shuts Down HF Communications World Wide 11. US National Weather Service Suggests Amateurs Prepare For Upcoming Hurricane Season 12. Annual Earhart Special Event To Also Honor Local Silent Key In Ireland 13. New Plaque Installed Outside VOA Museum Honors Amateur 14. Hams In India Hold First Of Its Kind Disaster Drill 15. Amateur Radio Software Award Goes To OpenWebRX Project 16. ARRL: The 2024 Dayton HamVention is underway! 17. ARRL: Solar Storms, result in world wide auroras, and disruptions to HF and Satellite Communications 18. ARRL: The 2024 Museum Ships Weekend is announced 19. ARRL: 80th Anniversary of D-Day special event stations announce operation plans 20. ARRL: Upcoming events in Radio Sport and upcoming conventions and hamfests 21. AMSAT: NASA reveals SpaceX's innovative plan for Starship refueling in orbit 22. ARRL: ARRL Learning Center features two new Emergency Communications Training Courses 23. ARRL: ARRL Volunteers obtain ham exemption to Pennsylvania Hands Free Law 24. ARRL: International Museum Weekend will take place June 15/16 and 22/23 25. ARRL: Dick Rutan, KB6LQS record setting pilot has become a silent key 26. ARRL: Fair Radio Sales - Electronic Military Surplus Store is officially closing on June 28th 27. One year anniversary in orbit is celebrated by a pico balloon Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will discuss "Automatic FM DX Decoding." * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Our own amateur radio historian, Will Rogers, K5WLR, returns with another edition of A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the early 1920's as he presents this latest edition entitled, Aerials, Attachments, and Audibility. A close up look at Wires, Gaps, and phones. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) Automated (1-hour): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amat

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1315 - Full Version Release Date: May 11, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Eric Zitell, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:27:25 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1315 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Chang’e-6 Successfully Launches: China’s Historic Lunar Mission Begins 2. AMSAT: NASA Reveals SpaceX’s Innovative Plan For Starship Refueling In Orbit 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. ARRL Learning Center Features Two New Emergency Communication Training Courses 5. ARRL: Focus On Public Safety Relationship Building At The 2024 ARRL National Convention 6. ARRL: ARRL Volunteers Obtain Ham Exemption To Pennsylvania Handsfree Law 7. ARRL: YL Summits On The Air Event Queens Of The Mountain Coming Up 8. ARRL: International Museums Weekends 2024 Will Take Place June 15 - 16 and 22 - 23 9. ARRL: Dick Rutan, KB6LQS, Record Setting Pilot, Has Become A Silent Key 10. ARRL: Fair Radio Sales, Electronic Military Surplus Store In Lima, Ohio, Officially Closing On June 28th, 2024 11. GreenCube Satellite Saved BY AMSAT Italia 12. Successful Bluetooth Connection With A Satellite Announced 13. HamVention Weekend To Feature TAPR, D-STAR and The Voice of America 14. One Year Anniversary In Orbit For A Pico Balloon 15. Trafficked Woman In India Is Returned Thanks To Amateur Radio 16. Tuskegee Airmen To Be Honored By New York Special Event 17. HamSci To Showcase Eclipse Findings During HamVention 18. Upcoming Radio Sport Contests and Conventions 19. Drone Maker DJI is facing a possible ban in the United States 20. ARRL: CQ Publisher Dick Ross K2MGA has become a silent key 21. ARRL: Students to promote collegiate amateur radio at the 2024 ARRL National Convention at HamVention 22. ARRL: Changes announced in the ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section 23. ARRL: Amateur Radio is ready for the upcoming severe storms and tornado season 24. ARRL: FCC is seeking to hire people for the role of Electronics Engineer Field Agent in the Los Angeles area 25. Proposed distracted driving law in Pennsylvania has amateur radio operators there concerned 26. KOTA: Kids On The Air - Newly formed organization to makes its national debut at the upcoming HamVention 27. ARRL: ARRL Field Day Swag is now available 28. FCC: FCC Volunteer Monitor Program Report Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, asks if your shack has a place for everything, and everything in its place. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to the late seventies and early 1980's where we find WARC-79 coming to an end with hams on top as they keep all of their current bands and receive additional allocations at 10, 18, and 24 MegaHertz. And the FCC approves ASCII on the amateur bands. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) Automated (1-hour): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets an

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1314 - Full Version Release Date: May 4, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, William Savocool, K2SAV, Denny Haight, NZ8D, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:35:21 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1314 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. Microwaves In The News 2. Drone Maker DJI Facing A Possible Ban In The United States 3. AMSAT: AO-109 Re-Enters Earths Atmosphere 4. AMSAT: Robusta-3A With Store & Forward Repeater Scheduled For Launch 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. WIA: SiOTA - Silos On The Air 7. ARRL: CQ Magazine Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA, SK 8. ARRL: Students Promote Collegiate Amateur Radio At The 2024 ARRL National Convention At Dayton Hamvention 9. ARRL: MFJ Ceasing On-Site Production 10. ARRL: Changes In The ARRL San Joaquin Valley Section 11. ARRL: Storms and Tornadoes: Amateur Radio Ready 12. ARRL: High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program HAARP To Conduct New Research Campaign 13. ARRL: FCC Is Seeking To Hire Two People For The Role Of Electronics Engineer Field Agent In Los Angeles 14. Laser Transmission Hits Earth From 140 Million Miles Away, But It's Not Aliens 15. Proposed Distracted Driving Law Worries Hams In Pennsylvania 16. FCC Charging Six With Radio Piracy Proposes $850K In Fines 17. John Hays, K7VE Outreach Manager For Amateur Radio Digital Communications/ARDC - SK 18. On The Air "RagChew" Made History 100 Years Ago 19. Jarvis Island N5J DxPedition Welcome Veteran Operator 20. HamVention Debut Of Kids On The Air Coming Up 21. AMSAT: AMSAT Italia Enters Into the Ownership of IO-117 GreenCube Satellite 22. ARRL Field Day Training Sessions for Field Day Public Information Officers 23. Radio Sport: Upcoming contests and area conventions / hamfests 24. Monthly Volunteer Monitor Report 25. AMSAT: AMSAT Engineering Team is powering up for HamVention 26. Voyager One is now transmitting viable data once again via NASA's Deep Space Communications Network 27. ARRL: The ARRL announces that Field Day 2024 merchandise is now available Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will take a look at the origins of the International Amateur Radio Union, IARU. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * The late Bill Continelli, W2XOY with The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes aboard The Wayback Machine to the year 1978 where we find the FCC very busy banning 23 Channel CB Transceivers while hams buy them up and convert them to 10 meters. The FCC bans all RF amplifiers covering 27 to 30 MegaHertz, and in May of '78, technicians finally get access to all of 2 and 6 meters. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) Automated (1-hour): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bul

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1313 - Full Version Release Date: April 27, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulcik, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, William Savocool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:56:03 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1313 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Nine US Schools Moved Forward In ARISS Contact Selection Process 2. AMSAT: AMSAT Engineering Team Powering Up For Hamvention 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: Washington Tasks NASA To Come Up With A Lunar Centric Time System 5. ARRL: MFJ To Cease On Site Production Next Month 6. ARRL: T-Minus Three Weeks: 2024 ARRL National Convention At Hamvention 7. ARRL: Colorado Students Contact The International Space Station 8. ARRL: Amateur Radio Contact In Space And On The Ground 9. ARRL: National Voice Of America Museum of Broadcasting Will Be Open During Dayton Hamvention Weekend 10. ARRL: Youth On The Air Is Accepting Donations Of Eclipse Glasses 11. ARRL: National World War One Museum In Kansas Missouri To Activate Special Event Station 12. Voyager One Transmitting Data Again Via Deep Space Network Station 43 13. Santa Barbara California Radio Club Finds Itself Homeless 14. US Congress To Reopen Debate About AM Radios Future In Cars 15. Early Eclipse Data Released By HamSci - Time Signals Affected By Eclipse 16. Wireless Institute of Australia Annual Meeting And Radio Convention 17. SOS Radio Week In Coming Up 18. Amateurs In India Assist In The Nations Elections 19. FCC votes to restore Net Neutrality Rules 20. ARRL Field Day Supplies now available 21. Big Bear California Mini-HamCation is coming up 22. ARRL Radio Sport Listings and Upcoming conventions and hamfests 23. AMSAT: Trash From The ISS May Have Hit A House In Florida 24. WIA: What Is The State Of Broadcast Radio In The United States Today? 25. ARRL: Going The Extra Mile - Amateur Radio Connects all 26.2 Miles Of The Boston Marathon 26. ARRL: Ham Radio 2024 Messe Friedrichshaven - Celebrating 60 Years Of Islands On The Air 27. ARRL: Start Your Field Day Planning Today 28. ARRL: Club Grant Program To Return 29. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention At Dayton Hamvention -- Program and App Available 30. ARRL: Armed Forces Day Crossband Test May 11, 2024 31. ARRL: Special Event W7G To Celebrate The 155th Anniversary Of The Driving Of The Golden Spike Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell you how to successfully weave amateur radio into your lifestyle * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and this week Bill completes his look back at the 2023 World of DX. * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Will Rogers K5WLR - A Century Of Amateur Radio History. Our amateur radio historian Will Rogers, K5WLR will be here with an expanded edition of A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will takes us in The Wayback Machine to the early days of radio to take a quick look at the technical writing of the time, and a comprehensive look at Spark. What was it? And how did it work? ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: @twiar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) Automated (1-hour): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in

PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1312 - Full Version Release Date: April 20, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Don Hulcik, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, Marvin Turner, W0MET, Chris Perrine, KB2FAF, William Savocool, K2SAV, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:59:59 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1312 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. NEWS: Famous Pittsburgh Inventor (You Probably Haven’t Heard Of) Celebrates 150th Birthday 2. AMSAT: NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Crewmates Return From International Space Station 3. AMSAT: New NASA Strategy Envisions Sustainable Future For Space Operations 4. AMSAT: Trash From The ISS May Have Hit A House In Florida 5. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 6. WIA: What Is The State Of Broadcast Radio In The United States Today? 7. BOSTON: Going The Extra Mile - Amateur Radio Connects all 26.2 Miles Of The Boston Marathon 8. ARRL: New England QSO Party — 2024 9. ARRL: Ham Radio 2024 Messe Friedrichshafen - Celebrating 60 Years Of Islands On The Air 10. ARRL: Start Your Field Day Planning Today 11. ARRL: Club Grant Program To Return 12. ARRL: 2024 ARRL National Convention At Dayton Hamvention -- Program and App Available 13. ARRL: Armed Forces Day Crossband Test May 11, 2024 14. ARRL: Special Event W7G To Celebrate The 155th Anniversary Of The Driving Of The Golden Spike 15. ARRL: Students In Marietta, Georgia, Hold An Amateur Radio Contact With The International Space Station 16. Bouvet Dxpedition Is Reassessed And Put On Hold 17. Silent Keys: Elpidio "Pete" Cobian, N6VJD, and Larry Staples, WØAIB 18. Oregon Amateur Radio Simulated Crisis Draws A Large Response 19. The Courage Handi-Ham Systems Celebrates 57 Years 20. SOS Radio Week Coming Up 21. ARRL Contest Sheet and Upcoming Convention Listings 22. AMSAT: AMSAT Seeks Volunteers To Assist With 2024 Hamvention AMSAT Booth 23. WIA: Belgium Proposes Restriction To The 23 Centimeter Band 24. ARRL: Amateur Radio Saves Family In Death Valley National Park 25. ARRL: Active Hurricane Season Predicted For 2024 26. ARRL: ARRL Teachers Institute On Wireless Technology Applications Due Before May 1st 27. ARRL: Recipients Of The 2023 Cass Awards Have Been Announced 28. Hytera Radios Banned From Sales In The United States 29. NASA Locates Faulty Memory Chip That Is Garbling Voyager's Data Transmissions 30. Violent Windstorm Takes Down West Virginia Broadcast Towers 31. Spanish Amateurs Receive Privileges On The 8 Meter Band (40mHz) 32. AMSAT: 2024 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet At Hamvention To Be Held Friday May 17th Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us that RF is all around us. And how to start your own station's frequency survey. * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with news on DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests and more. Expanded Edition * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill takes us aboard The Wayback Machine to 1977 when the FCC was backlogged with over 500,000 11 meter license applications per month. And when in print, it was charged that the Commission was staffed by Ham Radio Henchmen who conspired with the the then 300,000 hams to keep nine million 11 meter operators from acquiring expanded frequencies. * SPECIAL FEATURE: The microphone world has never been quite the same since the late Bob Heil, K9EID discovered what was missing in modern-day mics, putting the audio world on it virtual ear decades ago. We will here from Bob as he wraps up his three part talk he entitled Facts About Microphones